Mara Marques Cavallaro

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Mara Marques Cavallaro is a writer based broadly on the East Coast. She's currently a fact-checker and editorial intern at The Nation.

Temecula Valley Unified School District Board

How Black Moms in Temecula Are Fighting the School Board’s Right-Wing Takeover How Black Moms in Temecula Are Fighting the School Board’s Right-Wing Takeover

The board banned “critical race theory” and decried ethnic studies, but a local group of Black mothers has a plan. “We’re going to use what’s available to us—the right we have as ...

Oct 31, 2023 / StudentNation / Mara Marques Cavallaro

Mara Marques Cavallaro holding a photo of her grandmother.

50 Years Ago, My Family Fled Chile. This Year, I Returned. 50 Years Ago, My Family Fled Chile. This Year, I Returned.

I went to Chile for the anniversary of the 1973 coup to trace the country's painful history—and my own.

Sep 29, 2023 / Mara Marques Cavallaro

Hundreds of migrants are seen outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan early Wednesday, August 2, 2023

“We Have to Wait. There’s Nothing Else We Can Do.” “We Have to Wait. There’s Nothing Else We Can Do.”

What it was like for the migrants forced to sleep on the street in New York City.

Aug 9, 2023 / Mara Marques Cavallaro

Members of Brazil's women's national team walk off the field after being knocked out of the 2023 tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on August 2, 2023.

Brazil Is Soccer’s Holy Land—Unless You’re a Woman Brazil Is Soccer’s Holy Land—Unless You’re a Woman

The women’s national team has never won a World Cup—thanks in part to a decades-long legacy of sexist exclusion from the game that's only starting to wane now.

Aug 2, 2023 / Mara Marques Cavallaro

Inglewood Oil Field

The Deadly Consequences of Urban Oil Drilling The Deadly Consequences of Urban Oil Drilling

Since she was 9 years old, Nalleli Cobo has been fighting to end environmental racism in Los Angeles, where 3.2 million people live near an oil or gas well. 

Oct 19, 2022 / StudentNation / Mara Marques Cavallaro

The Latinx House Raizado Festival

The Renewed Fight for Latinx Rights and Representation The Renewed Fight for Latinx Rights and Representation

From Hollywood portrayals to abortion laws to income inequality, panelists reimagine the status quo on the second day of the Latinx House’s Raizado Festival.

Sep 2, 2022 / StudentNation / Mara Marques Cavallaro

Latinx House Raizado Festival

The Raizado Festival Confronts Aspen’s Inequality The Raizado Festival Confronts Aspen’s Inequality

In one of the wealthiest towns in the country, Latinx and Indigenous issues intersect on the first day of the Latinx House’s inaugural Raizado Festival. 

Sep 1, 2022 / StudentNation / Mara Marques Cavallaro

Mónica Ramírez

Transforming the Narrative of the Latinx Community Transforming the Narrative of the Latinx Community

A conversation with organizer Mónica Ramírez, the founder of Justice for Migrant Women, on the goals of the Latinx House’s upcoming Raizado Festival.

Aug 25, 2022 / StudentNation / Mara Marques Cavallaro

Anti-Racism History Education

How We Brought Ethnic Studies to My High School How We Brought Ethnic Studies to My High School

Students of color shouldn't have to wait until college to learn about their histories. 

Jun 2, 2022 / StudentNation / Mara Marques Cavallaro

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